- Country:
- Canada
- City:
- Vancouver
- Location:
- BC Place
- Attendance:
- 40,000
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From Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly, November 26, 2012:
Pretty well all of the world’s biggest pop and rock acts have played Vancouver since the ’60s. The Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, U2, Guns N’ Roses—our city has played host to all of them over the last four decades or so. The only huge name that hadn’t made it here since the decade of discontent, it seems, was Paul McCartney.
That all changed last night, of course.
For the first time since the Beatles played Empire Stadium in August of ’64, McCartney’s violin-shaped Hofner bass was visible to the hordes of Vancouverites who’d followed every moment of the music legend’s life since the Fab Four released “Love Me Do” back in ’62.
To make things even more special, rumours were rampant that Springsteen himself was going to fly in in advance of his show at Rogers Arena tonight (November 26) so he and his pal could finish the set they started in London’s Hyde Park last July before being silenced by plug-pulling authorities who forgot that curfews don’t count when it comes to the Beatle ‘n’ the Boss.
As it turned out, though, Springsteen was a no-show—damn those rumour-mongers!—but it didn’t matter all that much. What the concert lacked in additional star power it more than made up for with additional song power. During his marathon three-hour set McCartney performed no fewer than 38 songs, the majority stone-cold Beatles classics.
And you know that can’t be bad. […]
Vancouver, you are a mover and a groover, Vancouver.
Paul McCartney
To be clear, Vancouver, you rocked my freakin’ face off for our whole show tonight. The best #seriouslyouttacontrol #radd #slumberparty?
Brian Ray, from Twitter
Last updated on February 7, 2021
Setlist for the soundcheck
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Written by Carl Perkins
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Written by Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild
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Written by Joe Turner
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Written by Paul McCartney
5.
Written by Paul McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney
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Written by George Harrison
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
Setlist for the concert
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney
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Medley
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Written by Jimi Hendrix
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Written by Paul McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Written by George Harrison
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Medley
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Encore
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Second Encore
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